Benefits Street star found dead on estate where series was filmed

Reality TV star Lee Nutley, who featured on the controversial documentary Benefits Street, has been found dead.
Mr Nutley, in his forties, was one of the six main residents followed in the second series of the show, filmed in Stockton, near Middlesbbrough in the north east.
Guy tries to grope woman on subway, gets hit in the face with his own hat Paramedics found him yesterday at the Tilery estate where the series was set, less than 18 months after the first episode was aired.
Speaking last May about his role on the show, Lee, then 42, said: ‘If I could take it all back I think I probably... read more

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